Worst Train Tragedy In Poland In Years Kills 16

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SZCZECHOCINY, Poland (AP) -- Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years....

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